Peterson hat-trick sends Scotland into Euro semi-finals

 


A hat-trick by Greaves Clydesdale striker Ben Peterson was the
catalyst in Scotland`s 5-1 trouncing of Ukraine in the final pool
match of the boy`s European under 18 Nations Championships in
Cernusco, Italy.  This result keeps the dream of promotion
very much alive, both the Scots youngsters and Austria from the
pool have now qualified for Friday`s crucial semi-finals.

With the injuries, illness and suspensions behind them, first
choice goalkeeper Blair Fotheringham returned to his normal role
after a game at centre forward against the Austrians on Tuesday,
and the Scots entered the fray with almost a full squad
available.

After a fairly even opening period, Scotland`s best chance fell to
Ross McIntyre but his effort was stopped by the goalkeeper.
 It was Ukraine who took an unexpected lead through Andriy
Koshelenko, he road two tackles and slotted the ball past
Fotheringham.  The Scots youngsters retaliated in style with a
quick double from Peterson, the first came from a long ball out of
defence, the Clydesdale striker rounded a defender a sent a fierce
shot into the bottom corner.  Duncan Riddell created the
opening for the second and Peterson scored with a rebound off the
goalkeeper after his initial shot had been saved.

After Jonny Roy, Craig Falconer and Peter Baldwin had all missed
good chances to increase Scotland`s lead early in the second half,
it was left to Peterson to seal the result with his hat-trick goal,
again Riddell was the provider, McIntyre`s initial shot was saved
and the Clydesdale striker did the rest.  A minute later
CALA`s Corey Hastings used his phenomenal pace to outstrip two
defenders and notched the fourth with a shot into the bottom
corner.  With the contest well and truly over, the Scots
youngsters added the luxury of a late fifth goal, Hasting`s first
effort was blocked and McIntyre followed up with a fierce reverse
stick shot.

Meanwhile, in Utrecht Scotland`s girls are rooted to the foot of
their pool after losing 3-1 to Ireland with only a game against the
powerful Dutch to follow today  The Scots were caught napping
with some poor defending which allowed the Irish to steal a two
goal lead in the opening six minutes.  The girls retaliated
and pulled one back with a penalty corner strike by Grange`s Kike
Lawal.

The Scots pressed for the elusive equaliser after the interval but
made little real impression on a physical Irish side, the best
chances falling to Jenny Morris and Kirsty Hill but the Irish
goalkeeper was up to the task.  In a desperate attempt to
salvage a point, the Scots were caught upfield and the Irish scored
a third in the final 30 seconds.

A hat-trick by Greaves Clydesdale striker Ben Peterson
was the catalyst in Scotland`s 5-1 defeat of Ukraine in the final
pool match of the EuroHockey U18 Championship II in Cernusco,
Italy.

This result keeps the dream of promotion very much alive, with
both the Scots youngsters and Austria from the pool having now
qualified for Friday`s crucial semi-finals.

With the injuries, illness and suspensions behind them, and
first choice goalkeeper Blair Fotheringham returned to his normal
role after a game at centre forward against the Austrians on
Tuesday, the Scots entered the fray with almost a full squad
available.

After a fairly even opening period, Scotland`s best chance fell
to Ross McIntyre but his effort was stopped by the goalkeeper.
 It was then Ukraine who took an unexpected lead through
Andriy Koshelenko, as he road two tackles and slotted the ball past
Fotheringham.

Scotland retaliated in style with a quick double from Peterson;
the first came from a long ball out of defence, and the Clydesdale
striker rounded a defender a sent a fierce shot into the bottom
corner.  Duncan Riddell created the opening for the second and
Peterson scored with a rebound off the goalkeeper after his initial
shot had been saved.

After Johnathon Roy, Craig Falconer and Peter Baldwin had all
missed good chances to increase Scotland`s lead early in the second
half, it was left to Peterson to seal the result with his hat-trick
goal. Again Riddell was the provider, McIntyre`s initial shot was
saved and the Peterson did the rest.

A minute later CALA`s Corey Hastings used his phenomenal pace to
outstrip two defenders and notched the fourth with a shot into the
bottom corner.  With the contest well and truly over, the
Scots youngsters added the luxury of a late fifth goal, Hasting`s
first effort was blocked and McIntyre followed up with a fierce
reverse stick shot.

Meanwhile, in Utrecht, Scotland’s U18W girls lost out 3-1 to
Ireland with a game against the powerful Dutch to follow in the
final pool match.

The Scots were caught early on which allowed the Irish to steal
a two goal lead in the opening six minutes.  The girls
retaliated and pulled one back with a penalty corner strike by
Grange`s Kike Lawal.

The Scots pressed for the elusive equaliser after the interval,
the best chances falling to Jenny Morris and Kirsty Hill but the
Irish goalkeeper was up to the task.

In an attempt to salvage a point, the Scots were caught upfield
and the Irish scored a third in the final 30 seconds.

 

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